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Shock wave runs thru' nation's spine

Staff Correspondent
The bomb blasts killing at least 15 and injuring hundreds in front of the Awami League' s Bangabandhu Avenue office yesterday sent shock waves throughout the country generating instant, widespread outpours of grief, condemnations and protests.
Sporadic clashes were reported following the incident from different areas of the country, including Rajshahi, Natore, Noakhali and Pabna. Awami League (AL) Pabna district unit has called a dawn-to-dusk hartal today protesting the attacks.
A horde of political and sociocultural organisations issued statements right away denouncing the blasts and demanding proper investigations into all such incidents and exemplary punishment of the persons responsible.
BNP Secretary General and Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan condemned the attack and expressed grave concerns over it.
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh Prof AQM Badruddoza
Chowdhury expressed concerns over the incident, and demanded a judicial probe and trial of the persons responsible.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) condemned the attack and demanded unveiling of the mysteries of all such blasts and exemplary punishments of the persons responsible.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) said such an attack would not be possible without backing from the high-ups in the government.
JSD President Noor-e-Alam Ziku and General Secretary (GS) Abdul Malek Ratan accused the government for its failure to solve mysteries of previous bomb blasts, adding it has no valid excuse for avoiding the responsibility of yesterday's blast.
JSD President Hasanul Haque Inu and GS Syed Jafar Sazzad accused the Islamist militants acting under protection of the government for the attack and called for national united opposition to this fundamentalist menace.
JSD President ASM Abdur Rob in a statement said the latest incident of bomb blast reflects a severe lawlessness in the country.
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Bangladesh Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury expressed concerns over the Incident, and demanded a judicial probe and trial of the persons responsible.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) said such an attack would not be possible without backing from the high-ups in the government.
Jatlya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President Noor-e-Alam Ziku and General Secretary (GS) Abdul Malek Ratan condemned the attack and accused the government for its failure to solve mysteries of previous bomb blasts, adding it has no valid excuse for avoiding the responsibility of yesterday’s blast.
JSD President Hasanul Haque Inu and GS Syed Jafar Sazzad accused the Islamist militants acting under protection of the government for the attack and called for national united opposition to this fundamentalist menace.
JSD President ASM Abdur Rob in a statement said the latest incident of bomb blast reflects a severe lawlessness in thecoun try.
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) Convenor Khalequzzaman said at least 200 people were killed in 25 such Incidents but therewns noteven a single investigation carried through. He called upon all concerned to build up a united movement to resist such subversive activities in the future.
Dhaka University Teachers' zissociation (DUTA) termed the blasts an attack on the life of Sheikh Hasina and aimed at eliminating the AL’s progressive and noncommunal political practice.
Some 305 teachers of Dhaka University in a statement expressed concerns over the incident. The BNP-and Jamaat-led alliance government has to bear the responsibility and bruntofthe planned attack, they said.
Jatiya Party Chairman Anwar Hossain Monju also condemned the attack.
Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR) in a statement termed the bomb blasts as 'totally Inhuman and violationoflawandhumanrights’.
Bam Ganotantrik Front, Bangladesh Liberal Party, Muktljoddha Oikya Parishad, Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramic Federation, Jatiya Shromik Jote-Bangladcsh, Bangladesh Chhatra Union. Samajtantrik Chhatra Front. Bangladesh Jubo Moitri, Bangladesh Chhatra Fcdaration, Sammilita Shamajik Andolon, Bangladesh Chhatra Moitri, Biborton Sangskritik Kendra, Shammilita Pesnajibi Parishad, Bangladesh Ganotantrik Ainjibi Samity and Post Graduate Doctors' Association, among many others, issued similar statements demanding impartial Investigation into the attack and exemplary punish-mentto the miscreants.